Bremspropeller

If pvp and figuring out who can best hide behind a ridge longest is your thing then you might have a point. If you're more into simming and less into gaming, then your mileage will deviate quite a bit. Let's take things apart: That may or may not be the case. The F1 is as good as both the F-5 and the MiG-21. It suffers in the T/W against the 21, but it can go slow pretty well. It should also be able to out-accelerate the F-5. I have flown mostly against a MiG-21, so I can't vouch too much for it's effectiveness against the F-5. Given my experience in the F-5 vs the MiG, I'd say the Mirage and F-5 should be close enough. When's been the last time you've seen M2 in an F-5? It performs well enough to shoot reliably somebody in the face at 10+ miles (provided you'll have the S530F). You'll struggle to do that in an F-5. Why would you take a tank if you're up PvP against F-5s? You have almost 2000l more gas internally than in an F-5. Why would you take two missiles when going PvP? Squeeze off one and you'll have a weird-a$$ asymmetry. Just take the center missile or leave them home altogether. The F1 can carry the 36-shot SNEB "F1" canisters. That's qite a bit of oomph over the 19-shot 2.75ers the F-5 carries. Doesn't matter that much, but you can deliver that load faster and farther. Plus you get to have a ground mapping radar to play with, so you can scare yourself and do that stuff at night. Some people like a challenge. I also like the autopilot. Having an ILS is a good bonus. So is having dedicated ECM and expendable CM pods, which we'll get. Did I mention the INS and AAR probe? I'd love to see the four winders loadout, but trashing the module because it doesn't come with the feature is a bit...narrow minded.

Technically you can already carry four heaters, though - I should have phrased that differently above Also, the F1 is generally a _much_ more capable aircraft than the F-5. Starts with loadouts, (Super)530s, the Radar, performace, etc. Skipping the module because it can only carry two *heaters* is a bit narrow-minded. Especially when the module is actually four modules in one and with the next big update we'll get an AAR capable INS-bird. Not even talking about the upcoming two-seater and the TV-screen model for the whizz-kids.

Aw yiss! Can't wait to dial upthe INS, plug that thing into a tanker and volley a couple of Supers at some Floggers!

Only Greece (F1CG) and Ecuador (F1JA) had a version that could carry four heaters. South Africa seems to have done yt least trials. It's not an overly common loadout. The 'winders on the outboard wings do come at the cost of the SARHs at the inboard wings. No such thing as free lunch.

A J-7, F-7A/J-7I and even the F-7B is very close/ close enough to a MiG-21F-13 and actually has relevance on two/three maps we have/ will have, as opposed to the late double-delta variant, which has none and which is basicly a poor man's Jeff. It's not that I wouldn't like to fly it - it's just a matter of how much value it creates in the greater scheme of things.

I'm in with the J-7, though I'd prefer it to be an earlier version for usability and stuff. Kind of as a hedge against never having a MiG-21F-13.

Not trying to be a smartass here, but the easiest way around this would be a squadron policy that there are to be no updates on fridays, so all members have a chance to load the update in time. I don't see a reason why taking everybody else hostage should be the best possible solution.

Rick, if I'm not mistaken, that line is part of the San Carlos FOB on the SA map. It would be a cool feature, nonetheless!

LE devices have been fixed with today's patch. I love you guys!

Yes, it came with the latest patch. They also fixed the Sidewinder position.

I guess Christmas came early!

Tanzmatte.

Thread-winner!

I think that's mostly due to the fact the the jets were leased to fill the gap 'till F-111s came online. The Phantoms were then returned to the USAF. Some Phantom voodoo-priest can probably provide a trace of all the serial-numbers involved. I wouldn't be surprised if some of those aircraft were MAP'ed to other customers after being upgraded during depot maintenance. Edit: Wiki says most were upgraded to F-4G standard later. There you go.

That's also a Pratt F100 motor. It just has the turkey feathers* installed. This is what the -229 motors on the E would look like if they hadn't pulled the turkey-feathers: F-15I ____ *panels on the external part of the PW F100 nozzles

Formating down the ILS 05 into Incirlik on the LK Levant server. Not looking too exiting but it was a lot of fun. Run'em up - Min Burner...Go!

Not really - certainly not with the aircraft/ procedures I'm familiar with. All of them have batteries, which will protect against spikes and surges during the process of switching the power-source (which you'll do anyway when switching from APU to ENG GEN). Lots of airports have limitations on APU-usage and it's not uncommon to fire it up just shortly before the push. If it's not MEL'ed, which also happens every once in a while. The Tomcat doesn't have a bat, which is the reason you don't want to fuxx0r with your power-supply with the INS up and running.

It wasn't used in Korea. The La-9 or La-11 were. Might seem "close enough" at first glance, but they have about as much in common as a Typhoon and a Sea Fury.

+1! Proper AI Badgers and Bears (in several versions) would be cool to bump up carrier ops and some land-based scenarios. Same appliesfor a plain-Jane Tu-22.

Some fleshed out SAR (and CSAR) could be really fun in the upcoming C-130. Find people in the ocean in really $hitty weather, drop a dinghy and coordinate the rescue effort.

I'd buy t in a heartbeat.

Awesome, thanks a lot Panny!

This would be the perfect skin for them - fitting tailcode and stuff...

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